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Managing Intersectoral Action for Health and Development: Lessons from Slovenia Peter Beznec Centre for Health and Development Murska Sobota Working together for health equity, Vilnius, Lithuania, 27.11.2014

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Managing Intersectoral Action for Health and

Development: Lessons from Slovenia

Peter Beznec Centre for Health and Development Murska Sobota

Working together for health equity, Vilnius, Lithuania, 27.11.2014

Pomurje in brief

• Population: 119.146 – micro region

• SDH:

• Unemployment 18% (SI 13%)

• GDP 65% of SI, 55% of EU

• 28,6% of population only primary school or less (SI 20,8%)

• 10,5% in life long learning (SI 16%)

• Brain drain

• Life expectancy lower than SI avg for men 3 and women 2 years

• Highest death from CVD 46,1%

• Highest premature mortality for men 32,4% (SI 29,4%. )

• Limited data about HI within the region

• CINDI lifestyle surveys show HI

Pomurje in brief

Assets • Natural resources (thermo-mineral and mineral waters, arable land, water and sun - energy) • Tradition in health tourism, agriculture, handcraft • Location & infrastructure (30 min to AT, HU, HR, 5 large cities within 250 km, connected with highway, railroad) Capacity for tackling HI and SDH • Partnership • Understanding health as development potential and vice versa

Health & development in Pomurje

2001-2006: IFH - Program Mura

2007-2013: SDH and HI

2014-2020: Wellbeing/ Q of life

Period 2001-2006

Health and development

Investment for health and development

Health

Social

development

Economic

development

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN as a framework for

policies, programs and projects which relate to social

and economic determinants of health

Clear vision of Program Mura

to achieve better health and quality of life for the

people in the Pomurje region

to achieve the understanding of health as a development potential of the region and vice-versa:

development as the basis for better health

http://czr.si/files/murahealthinvest---arhiv.pdf

NGOs

CHD IPH

Primary Health

Care Centres

Hospital

Schools

Kindergartens

Local authorities

Employment Service

Regional & local development

agencies

Chamber of

Commerce & Industry

Agricultural

extension service

Tourist association

Food Industry

Health spa resorts

Local coordinators

Landscape

Park Goričko

CHD- Centre for Health & Development

IPH- Institute of Public Health Murska Sobota

MEDIA

Investing in Regional Partnership

HEALTHY COMMUNITY

IPH MS

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

KPG

HEALTHY FOOD

KSS

HEALTHY TOURIST OFFER

PTZ

Governmental working group on health

and sustainable development in Pomurje

RDA Mura

RDP Pomurje 2000+

PRESIDENT

VICE- PRESIDENT

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

REGIONAL PROGRAM MURA COUNCIL

Mechanism also at national level

HEALTH

HEALTHY FOOD

AGRICULTURE

FOOD INDUSTRY

• more fruit & vegetables

•ecological farming

•local supply chain

•safe & healthy food

HEALTHY

COMMUNITY

HEALTH

PROMOTION IN :

•local community

•marginal groups

•schools

•workplace

HEALTHY

TOURIST OFFER

•healthy & traditional

offer in gastronomy

•recreation programs

•prevention programs in

health spas

•Eco-tourism

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT

Natural, living, socio- economic

Clear common objectives

PROJECT LET’S LIVE HEALTHY

LIFESTYLE:

NUTRITION

PHYSICAL

ACTIVITY

TO TAKE SELF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH

Source: RIPH MS

PERCEIVED CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE % PARTICIPANTS

NUTRITION (any change) 95 %

More vegetable 67 %

More fruit 53 %

Less fat 64 %

Less salt 36 %

More physical activity 36 %

Knowledge about healthy lifestyle 65 %

Information from workshops distributes

further 50 %

Source: RIPH MS

Healthy nutrition

Schools and kindergartens

Local restaurants

Health spas

Shops and markets

Local communities

Production site

Resolution on the National Programme

of Food and Nutrition Policy 2005-2010

Pilar 1: Food Safety

Pilar 2: Well- balanced and protective nutrition

Pilar 3: Sustainable local food

supply

Guidelines for healthy nutrition in

kindergartens, primary schools and

secondary schools (1)

launched by the Ministry of Health

in 2005

harmonised with the Ministry of

Education

implementation in 2006 and 2007

Healthy choice, an easy choice

Pomurje the land of health and friendly people

Period 2007-2013

Social determinants of health

and health inequalities

Determinants of health (Dahlgren & Whitehead, 1991)

Health 2007-2013

Health inequalities

•Tackling inter- and intra- regional inequalities in health

•Increasing social inclusion

Healthy food, culinary

and development of the countryside

•Fruit and vegetable

•Organic Farming

•Short supply chains

•Safe food from farm to fork

•Alternative income generation

Healthy tourist offer

•Healthy and traditional offer in gastronomy

•Recreational programmes

•Prevention programmes in spas

•Ecotourism

•Culture and handcraft

Nature, environment and

health

•Natural living

• Sustainable mobility

•Water

•Biodiversity

Regional Partnership for Health and Development

Developing Health

Policies, priorities,

and programmes

across sectors

Building System

s for Delivery

Building Capacity

• identifying and understanding HI • implementing HIAP approach and cross sectoral action on SDH

• locally, regionally, nationally, internationally • WHO CC for capacity building in cross- sectoral investment for health

Transfer of good practices

- let’s live healthy

- regional strategies

to addres HI

Source: RIPH MS

Report on Health inequalities in Slovenia, 2011

•National Institute of Public Health •Statistical Office of RS •Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development •Institute of Oncology Ljubljana •Centre for Health and Development Murska Sobota •WHO EURO

•Support from MOH

http://czr.si/files/neenakostivzdravjuknjbl-ang-web.pdf

Mortality by Slovenian administrative units, 2005–2009

(NIPH Database of deaths 2005-2009; SMARS)

Health inequalities in Slovenia, NIPH, 2011

Life expectancy at 30 relative to education and gender,

Slovenia, 2008 (Corsini, 2010)

Health inequalities in Slovenia, NIPH, 2011

Tackling health inequalities- challenges

Health inequalities in Slovenia, NIPH, 2011

• Health and tackling health inequalities integral part of Slovenian development strategy as well as other development documents

• National strategic framework for tackling health inequalities

• Effective cross- sectoral mechanisms

• Regular monitoring of health inequalities in the context of development progress and wellbeing

• Supporting international initiatives to tackle health inequalities

Focus on Vulnerable groups Disabled people

• Inclusion through sport and recreation • Building capacity of NGO for disabled people • Awareness raising for inclusion of disabled people in the society

Roma population • Training for better employability (new skills) • Promotion of healthy life style • Promotion of social inclusion of Roma in wider society (tourist product, demonstration of new skills)

From Physical activity to Active Mobility

Promoting healthy and nature friendly way of transport • Different target groups – focus on early start (Active Access, Bambini, Healthy) • Long term support – partnership with community (Walking Bus)

Sustainable transport • Establishment of Local support group – Community • Sustainable urban mobility plan • Local Action plan for soft mobility measures

Period 2014-2020

Sustainable society

- Social activation and tackling health and social ineqaulities

- Active and healthy aging

- Deinstitutionalisation and community care for elderly, people with

mental illnesess, disabled and vulnerable groups, paliative care

- Strenghtening primary care and public health, development of

integrated social and health services with strengthening of cross-

sectoral provider’s networks

- e- health

Health in National development priority for Inclusive growth 2020: Social inclusion, combating poverty & health

Norwegian financial mechanism 2009- 2014

used for strenghtening PH and addressing HI

Objective

•reduced inequalities in health between user groups

• prevention of life-style related diseases

• improved mental health services

•Predefined project implemented by NIPH in cooperation with

primary health care on mainstreaming health equity principle

into prevention programs

•130 project applying for grant, besic requirement in the

tender was cross- sectoral partnersip

Sustainable society

• active and healthy aging • healthy lifestyle • social inclusion and health equity •Integrated health and social services

• sustainable tourism • local food supply • energy self-suficiency • revitalisation of environmental resources

Green workplaces

Wellbeing

Sustainable living

Sustainable development

Vision of Pomurje

Quality of life Development

of potentials

RDA Mura

New development strategy of Pomurje focus on specificity of the region

vision potencials

specialisation

strategic

objectives priorities

key projects

5 working groups RDC

22 meetings (okt 12 – jul 13)

Draft of RDP ( 25.3.2013)

More than 140 experts

RDA Mura

Results 10 mesures in the area of health, Q of life, social inclusion and equal

opportunities

Pomurje

1 development specialisation

5 development priorities

19 investment areas

95 measures

223 project proposals

3.2 health

3.4 soc. inclusion

10 health and social inclusion

29 health and social inclusion

RDA Mura

Conclusions

• move from sectoral to broader society objectives • support your arguments with evidence • build partnerships and alliances on different levels (local, regional, national, international) • link with established practices and infrastructure • plan for continuity • evaluate and document progress and failures • allow time and resources for capacity building